Party Poker review

PartyPoker dates back to the dawn of online-poker in far 1997. Having become one of the largest operators, Party found itself near to the bankruptcy in 2006: it had to close the access for the US players and was forced to pay out multi-million penalties. The company managed to stay afloat then and is still afloat nowadays, and due to the absence of issues with the American law, PartyPoker will be the first in line if online-poker is legalized in the USA.

In 2011, PartyPoker merged with the Bwin company, creating the Bwin.Party corporation — the largest player in the field of online-gambling. The shares of the company are available on free sale on the stock exchange, which guarantees maximum safety of the players' funds.

To play at Bwin and Party you will need 2 separate gambling and 2 financial accounts. Thus, you get the opportunity to play in the largest European field of recreational players on special conditions provided by WorldPokerDeals, even if you already had registered an account in any of these rooms.

PartyPoker is one of the few poker rooms with growing traffic at the moment. By his size he is very close to 888poker. The peak of the traffic is on the evening time in Europe. At that, USD remains the main currency of PartyPoker, while at Bwin it is possible to open an account in EUR, but the games are played in USD.

At the NL10-NL25 usually play 20 to 30 tables at a limit. At NL50, NL100 and NL200 in the lobby can find at least 10 tables on each of them. High stakes game is mainly on a few tables (5-7) NL500, and weekends have more expensive game up to NL5k.
Omaha game is playing mostly at Hi, but there is few tables and HI-Low at every limit. At the peak time you cant find more then 10 tables at PLO10, at PLO25 about 20 tables at PLO50-100 from 7 to 10 tables.
More expensive game in Omaha also available. For example, PLO200 have about 5 tables, at PLO400 more than twice. Even PLO600 and PLO1,000 in the evening you can find up to 5 tables at each limit.

PartyPoker has so-called "Casual Cash Games table at all NLH stakes up to nl100. This table can be open only one.
The local version of fast poker - fastforward. There are tables right up to the NL500, but the main part of the game goes up to NL100. At NL10-25 more then 150 connections, at NL50 - 50 and NL100 about a hundred.

PartyPoker is a one of the best schedule multitable tournaments. MTT are divided into three level buy-in. The most expensive of them - Heavyweight (109-215$). Every week goes by a few high rollers MTT up to $2,500. The main Sunday event - The Title Fight with buy-in $215 has a guarantee of $ 500,000. Bwin also holds two huge online poker series PowerFest and Monster Series.

Mostly all SNG traffic is concentrated in the 3-way lottery HERO SNG. Buy-in is up to $100 and a maximum win of one million dollars. Also there is 4-max format where one player is the bounty. These tournaments are only up to the limit of $20.

Players who have seen the old PartyPoker software will be amused by the new looks and functionality of the rooms. The new versions of Party and Bwin differ only with a color scheme. Bright looking lobby, attractive to novice players, is still convenient to navigate and it lets you turn on and off the detailed info on the games. Players will also like the advanced filters, tables conveniently grouped by stakes, search player function and the ability to add players to your buddy list.

Tables comply with all the modern gambling standards. PartyPoker have to offer special functions for multi-tabling grinders: multiple monitors support and notifications about big pots and even big hands. Hot keys and customizable bet-sliders are supported as well. You can position and set up the tables to your liking. Finally, you are offered a function of joining the table with one click or quickly opening another table identical to the already open one.

PartyPoker have launched the mobile and browser client programs that are also decent, but they are mainly designed to attract novice players.

The work of trackers is limited in cash tables - statistics is collected and displayed only for the duration of the session for the particular table. In fastforward, sng and tournaments HUD works fully without any limitations.
Another feature of the software is that there is no possibility to see the nicknames of players at the tables directly from the lobby, which eliminates the operation of various table-scanner software. Also there is no opportunity to choose a seat at the table - it happens randomly.

The network partners almost every payment system available: Skrill, NETELLER, Webmoney, Moneta.ru, wire transfers and bank cards. No charges are imposed on the deposits or withdrawals, and cashouts are processed within 72 hours. The transfers between players within a client program are also available.

In February 2016 Party removed the commission for withdrawal, which amounted to 3%.

PartyPoker is one of the veterans of the market hold leading positions nowadays. Excellent up-to-date software, new VIP system with weekly automatic cashback, and most importantly — a lot of action in all games at every stakes and policy aimed at attracting amateur players. PartyPoker will be a great choice as main option for cash players of all stakes, including heads-up. SNG and MTT players will also find a lot of good games. And all this topped up with maximum security, perspectives to enter the American market and special offers from WorldPokerDeals.